Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727–1815)Italian, 1727–1815
Afterafter
John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815)American, 1738–1815
CultureItalian
Titles
- The Death of the Earl of Chatham
Date1791
Printed inLondon, England
MediumEngraving on laid paper
DimensionsPlate: 22 1/4 × 30 3/8 in. (56.5 × 77.2 cm)
Sheet: 24 13/16 × 30 7/8 in. (63 × 78.5 cm)
Sheet: 24 13/16 × 30 7/8 in. (63 × 78.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Chris and Kaylin Haverstock Weber in memory of Linda English Haverstock
Object numberB.2018.66
Non exposé
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Provenance[Weiss Prints, Wilmington, North Carolina]; purchased by Linda English Haverstock; given to Chris and Kaylin Haverstock Weber, Houston; given to MFAH, 2018.
Exhibition History"Radicals and Revolutionaries: America's Founding Fathers," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 10–May 28, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Below image left: J. S. Copley R. A. pinxt.
Below image right: F. Bartolozzi R. A. sculpt. / Engraver to his Majesty
Below image center: To the King’s most excellent Majesty / This Plate THE DEATH OF THE EARL OF CHATHAM is with / His gracious Permission humbly Inscribed by his Majesty’s most faithful Subject & dutiful Servt. / John Singleton Copley / London, Published as the Act directs, May 1st 1791, by J. S. Copley, No. 24, George Street, Hanover Square.
Below image right: F. Bartolozzi R. A. sculpt. / Engraver to his Majesty
Below image center: To the King’s most excellent Majesty / This Plate THE DEATH OF THE EARL OF CHATHAM is with / His gracious Permission humbly Inscribed by his Majesty’s most faithful Subject & dutiful Servt. / John Singleton Copley / London, Published as the Act directs, May 1st 1791, by J. S. Copley, No. 24, George Street, Hanover Square.
No visible watermark.
Catalogue raisonnéCalabi & De Vesme 1928 538. Calabi, Augusto; De Vesme, Alexandre, Francesco Bartolozzi. Catalogue des estampes et notice biographique d'après les manuscrits de A. De Vesme entièrement réformés et complétés d'une étude critique par A. Calabi, Milan, Guido.
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